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This is also a problem in academia too. Very often I read papers that say that proofs are trivial, that we can easily get from one equation to another through a
by sjtrny 12y ago
This is also a problem in academia too. Very often I read papers that say that proofs are trivial, that we can easily get from one equation to another through algebra or that solving an equation is easy. It's something I try to avoid, instead I use "straight forward", which I think implies to the reader that this road has been travelled before but that it's still ok to ask questions because they haven't travelled it themselves.
- TheEzEzz 12y ago"Straightforward" is a great term. Something I'd like to see in whatever replaces Elsevier & Friends is a community markup tool for all papers. Wherever a step has been omitted the community can step in and add a side note explaining and discussing the steps. This would have three huge benefits: * Easier for neophytes to learn a paper's domain and assumed knowledge. * Ready-made useful homework assignments for advanced undergrads and grad students: "Fill in the details of this paper." * Ongoing "reviewing" of papers, leading to more corrected errors.